Excerpt: "What will the New York Giants (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/new-york-giants) do at fullback with Henry Hynoski (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/130890/henry-hynoski) set for knee surgery on Friday, a fact that despite Hynoski's determination (http://www.bigblueview.com/2013/5/23/4358972/henry-hynoski-injury-knee-surgery-new-york-giants-lateral-plateau-fracture-mcl) makes his availability at least early in the 2013 NFL season a question mark.

The obvious short-term answer is to lean on Bear Pascoe (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/71444/bear-pascoe), the 27-year-old blocking tight end who has spent some time at fullback in each of the past two seasons. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound Pascoe can play the position adequately but he is hardly the road-grading run blocker that Hynoski is.

How good is Hynoski? Pro Football Focus (https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/05/16/khaleds-nfl-daily-may-16-2013/) recently graded the third-year fullback as having the highest "success rate" of any fullback in the league at 47.47 percent. PFF defines success rate as "collecting 40 percent of required yardage on first down, 60 percent of required yardage on second down, and 100 percent on either third or fourth down." The percentage is how often the Giants accomplished those benchmarks with Hynoski on the field. No team in the league ran more successful plays while using a fullback than the Giants did in 2012.

If the Giants want to look outside the organization to replace Hynoski what options do they have? Here are a few:" Read more...

GiantsFan27

05-23-2013, 04:35 PM

this really sucks but at least he'll be with us for most of the season, if not for week 1.

hopefully it's not as much of a lingering issue like with nicks last year who was cleared to play for the season opener. but then again he said it was his knee, not his foot, that hampered him more during the season.

hopefully he makes a speedy recovery because he's a key piece to our run game.

Carter.525

05-23-2013, 05:03 PM

Greg Comella?

fansince69

05-23-2013, 05:05 PM

Greg Comella?Maurice Carthon

Toadofsteel

05-23-2013, 05:10 PM

How about Martinek? Wasn't he a fullback? People here were high on him, but as good as he was, he was never going to beat out Hynocerous, and there was no way we'd carry two full-time fullbacks on the roster, so we cut him.

Regardless of any ramblings of myself or others on here, I trust Reese to make the best decision possible...

Carter.525

05-23-2013, 05:15 PM

How about Martinek? Wasn't he a fullback? People here were high on him, but as good as he was, he was never going to beat out Hynocerous, and there was no way we'd carry two full-time fullbacks on the roster, so we cut him.

Regardless of any ramblings of myself or others on here, I trust Reese to make the best decision possible...

Jersey Joe is from my hometown.. Big fan

jomo

05-23-2013, 05:17 PM

I feel bad for the kid and certainly like his performance but he is hardly a "road grader" as the author and stats might suggest. I watch him closely, even replaying many downs and he is good, not great as a blocker. He'll be relatively easy to replace (except for his hands) since pure fullbacks are not valued highly in the league anymore.

I am not a fan of putting a TE back there as a permanent solution.

King Sully

05-23-2013, 05:46 PM

In a perfect world Vonta leach would become a cap casualty since Baltimore drafted a fullback and we'd sign him on the cheap :)

giantsfan420

05-23-2013, 05:55 PM

jomo, u need to recheck the data. hyno is a huge cog to the success of our run game. when we ran the ball with him on the field, we were much more successful in YPC and TD/TD rate (I guess, dont recall how the article labeled it). Im not saying the O cant play at tthe same level, its just he was becoming a very integral part to the run game...

giantyankee1976

05-23-2013, 08:14 PM

In a perfect world Vonta leach would become a cap casualty since Baltimore drafted a fullback and we'd sign him on the cheap :)

I wish...

jomo

05-23-2013, 08:15 PM

jomo, u need to recheck the data. hyno is a huge cog to the success of our run game. when we ran the ball with him on the field, we were much more successful in YPC and TD/TD rate (I guess, dont recall how the article labeled it). Im not saying the O cant play at tthe same level, its just he was becoming a very integral part to the run game...Have you seen the result of our 3rd and short or 4th and short plays?

Excerpt: "What will the New York Giants (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/new-york-giants) do at fullback with Henry Hynoski (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/130890/henry-hynoski) set for knee surgery on Friday, a fact that despite Hynoski's determination (http://www.bigblueview.com/2013/5/23/4358972/henry-hynoski-injury-knee-surgery-new-york-giants-lateral-plateau-fracture-mcl) makes his availability at least early in the 2013 NFL season a question mark.

The obvious short-term answer is to lean on Bear Pascoe (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/71444/bear-pascoe), the 27-year-old blocking tight end who has spent some time at fullback in each of the past two seasons. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound Pascoe can play the position adequately but he is hardly the road-grading run blocker that Hynoski is.

How good is Hynoski? Pro Football Focus (https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/05/16/khaleds-nfl-daily-may-16-2013/) recently graded the third-year fullback as having the highest "success rate" of any fullback in the league at 47.47 percent. PFF defines success rate as "collecting 40 percent of required yardage on first down, 60 percent of required yardage on second down, and 100 percent on either third or fourth down." The percentage is how often the Giants accomplished those benchmarks with Hynoski on the field. No team in the league ran more successful plays while using a fullback than the Giants did in 2012.

If the Giants want to look outside the organization to replace Hynoski what options do they have? Here are a few:" Read more...

I always thought that Wilson would be more successful without a fullback. Maybe they experiment with that?

jomo

05-23-2013, 08:28 PM

No, Bennett, no Hynoski, basically the same oline..

this should be funWell, can't disagree with the overall theme, except we got an upgrade at TE in both phases of the game............not a big upgrade but an upgrade nonetheless. Beggars can't be choosers.

just edit your post and put "color=red" in brackets before the line, and "/color" after, and it will make it a redpost...

fansince69

05-23-2013, 10:20 PM

just edit your post and put "color=red" in brackets before the line, and "/color" after, and it will make it a redpost...There was another way to do it too but cant remember

jomo

05-23-2013, 10:22 PM

Bear might be able to re-negotiate for more then vet minimum now!Lol, give him an extra $100.

Flip Empty

05-23-2013, 10:37 PM

There was another way to do it too but cant remember
Just highlight the text you want to change and click the 'A' button on the toolbar to select the color you wish to change it to
http://i.imgur.com/k0xmFai.jpg

You'll need to be using the non-basic editor to do this. Go here (http://boards.giants.com/profile.php?do=editoptions) to alter your settings (if you haven't already).

Toadofsteel

05-23-2013, 10:38 PM

Ah, I just use the basic editor because i'm used to fake HTML tags when I need to change fonts, etc...

C1010

05-24-2013, 12:15 PM

I know Pascoe will pretty much take over for the Hynocerus but does anybody think the Giants will give another look to Joe Martinek just in case?

miked1958

05-24-2013, 06:05 PM

There was someone we were all talking about prior to draft a d during FA. We all said the guy was great but we didnt need him cause we already had henry and Pascoe. Can't remember who it was we were discussing. Suppose I could go back in archives and try to find the thread but I guess it doesn't matter cause who ever it was has signed with someone by now

Eli TO Shockey

05-24-2013, 06:09 PM

Bring back Hedge****!

Eli TO Shockey

05-24-2013, 06:09 PM

I know Pascoe will pretty much take over for the Hynocerus but does anybody think the Giants will give another look to Joe Martinek just in case?

He was looked at last year. I'd assume he'd be out there at OTA's if the franchise had any interest.

jomo

05-24-2013, 06:16 PM

He was looked at last year. I'd assume he'd be out there at OTA's if the franchise had any interest.Pure blocking full backs have very little value in today's NFL and some teams don't even carry one. That tells me that we will be able to find better than Martinek with NFL experience for minimal dollars. I could be wrong but that's what my gut tells me.

Gimaniac

05-24-2013, 06:28 PM

Charles "Get Out of My" Way

Joe Morrison

05-25-2013, 07:44 AM

Pure blocking full backs have very little value in today's NFL and some teams don't even carry one. That tells me that we will be able to find better than Martinek with NFL experience for minimal dollars. I could be wrong but that's what my gut tells me.
Bear Pascoe

GameTime

05-25-2013, 08:14 AM

Jersey Joe is only 225....not a FB.......

B&RWarrior

05-25-2013, 09:48 AM

What about that kid from Rutgers we brought in last year? He was kind of a tweener though. I prefer a smashmouth FB.